By Benjamin Pulta

PRESS BRIEFING. Supreme Court spokesperson Camille Ting during a press briefing at the SC Compound in Baguio City on Wednesday (April 23, 2025). She announced the filing of administrative charges against retired Court of Appeals magistrate Isaias Dicdican for his alleged involvement in a murder case in 2020. (PNA photo by Ben Pulta)

BAGUIO CITY – The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday announced that administrative charges have been filed against a retired magistrate of the Court of Appeals (CA) for his alleged part in the murder of a Cebu lawyer in 2020.

“Acting on the memorandum of Court Administrator Raul Villanueva dated March 24, 2025, the SC formally charged retired Court of Appeals Associate Justice Isaias Dicdican with gross misconduct for his alleged involvement in the murder of Atty. Joey Luis Wee,” SC spokesperson Camille Ting said in a press briefing.

She said Dicdican was among those charged in the murder case endorsed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to the Cebu City Prosecution Office and/or the Office of the Prosecutor General.

Wee was shot and killed on Nov. 23, 2020, at the ground floor of the building where Dicdican’s law office was located in Cebu City.

Ting said the SC has directed Dicdican to file an answer within a non-extendible period of 10 days. (PNA)